Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

ESSAYS

Views on Art

by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Published in Roopa Lekha, Vol XXI, Vol 1, 1949-50, pp.

Art in the ancient human society was a social expression. It expressed, not the mood or the idiosyncrasy of an individual but rather the social consciousness of the community as a whole. Art was not a luxury, an exclusive commodity on sale